2006-11-17 18:10:07 · 11 answers · asked by eviltemptris 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It is in the lower stomach of some birds and reptiles. Food goes in, they swallow some rocks or gravel, and it helps grind up the food. Also called a ventriculus.
2006-11-17 18:13:52 · answer #1 · answered by Jes 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Gizzards are found in birds and some other animals. I looked it up because it is hard to explain what it is. I only know when my father would slaughter turkeys the gizzard contain little pebbles and stones in it.
The gizzard is a specially-adapted stomach that is found in birds, reptiles, earthworms, some insects, mollusks, and other creatures that is used for grinding up food. It has a thick, muscular wall in many invertebrate animals, enabling a powerful crushing and pulverizing action. In certain insects and mollusks, the gizzard features chitinous plates or teeth.
The gizzard is also known as a ventriculus, a gastric mill, or a gigerium.
2006-11-17 18:34:00 · answer #2 · answered by carmen d 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The gizzard on a bird does not correspond to any human body part.
The gizzard is the actual stomach of a bird but the food of a bird is gound in the crop which is on top of the gizzard.
2006-11-17 18:14:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The bird first softens up food in its glandular stomach, or crop, which is in the lower part of its esophagus and then crushes and grinds up the food in its lower, true stomach, the gizzard.
2006-11-17 18:15:16 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium.
2006-11-17 18:16:27 · answer #5 · answered by friendly face 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Stomach
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2006-11-17 18:13:34 · answer #6 · answered by Rich B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's part of the digestive system. They use it to grind up their food.
2006-11-17 18:12:59 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
digestive organ
2006-11-17 19:04:42 · answer #8 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ooh! we're cooking one right now.. i think its apart of the neck.
my fiance is making me try it when its done cooking.
2006-11-17 18:31:27 · answer #9 · answered by bjperez07 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the stomach
2006-11-17 18:33:37 · answer #10 · answered by Mami of 3 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋